We've reached a breaking point in the Fall TV season: almost everything that's still around will likely survive the season (key word: almost). It's becoming clearer which new shows are hits (hint:...

Jimmy Smits' new TV drama "Outlaw" has been cancelled. The former "NYPD Blue" star played a Supreme Court Justice starting up his own law firm in the NBC show, which debuted last month. The dra...

We're only two weeks into the fall season, and we have two series cancellations. Let's see if we can keep up this "one canceled show a week" deal. For the record, the goners are FOX's 'Lone Sta...

Jimmy Smits calls himself a liberal, and he’s often seen supporting such causes. On his new show, he’ll play an outspoken conservative Supreme Court justice. Justice Garza leaves the bench to pract...

To paraphrase Ned Flanders, apparently an Emmy nomination is easier to get than an acceptance letter from Arizona State. This morning, Emmy tried to one-up Oscar's new rule of ten by including s...

Happy Birthday to "Star Trek: Enterprise" actress Linda Park (1978), "The Wonder Years" actor Fred Savage (1976), Jack White (1975) of The White Stripes, Anthrax bassist Frank Bello (1965), Hole si...

Yesterday, we went over the Emmy nominees who have overstayed their welcome. Those perennial TV honorees that simply don't deserve the recognition they once did or, in some cases, never did at all...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar joins us to discuss the second season of "Raising the Bar" (premiering June 8 at 10 pm on TNT), his time on "NYPD Blue," the Jimmy Fallon "Saved By The Bell" reunion and also tr...

When Michael Cudlitz and I last spoke, back in April, I used some, well, (ahem) colorful language during an interview junket -- a junket that everyone but me thought was on live local television --...

In a year that saw the writers strike bring forth more reality TV than we ever thought possible and reduce quality drama to a war of attrition, the boob tube still managed to deliver quality drama ...

"Dexter" ends its best season yet with what may well have been its Best. Episode. Ever. This episode was thrilling from the start with investigation of Miguel Prado's slaying taking center ...

There's anti-climaxes, there's the beginning of "Lost in Space" episodes, and then there's last night's episode of "Dexter", which took the artform to new heights. Or maybe lows. Just when w...

For this entire season of "Dexter" the whole skinner storyline seemed about as useful as a hangnail. It was almost a plot device to move the characters around where the producers needed them for e...

Dexter and Miguel have officially hit a rough patch, as the lawyer defied the serial killer by doing something much worse than the other ever did. This may sound like a bad lawyer joke, but it was...

It seems Dexter and his new friend may have a whole lot more in common than the show's main character, or his viewers, ever thought. On Sunday's installment, Miguel finally joined Dexter in ...

In a sort of cathartic episode for its main character, last night's installment of "Dexter" saw the titular serial killer let go of a bit of the past while reaffirming his twisted take on morality....

The biggest question on "Dexter" has nothing to do with its titular hero, his sister, his fiancée or anybody else we've come to know over the two-plus seasons of the show. No, the question has ent...

1.) Benjamin Azumah asks, "What's going on with Will Smith?" Smith has several films coming up, including "Seven Pounds" on Dec. 19, Empire (2009) and The Last Pharaoh (2010). He recently mad...

On last night's episode of "Dexter", the title character and his girlfriend dealt with her newfound pregnancy. This saw Dexter in a fantastical haze for much of the episode as he imagined how his ...

A TV stuntman is lucky to be alive after actor Jimmy Smits stabbed him for real during a fight scene for TV show Dexter. Smits grabbed a real knife instead of a prop knife during shooting and...

Last night, "Dexter" returned with a new twist on a premise similar to last season's dilemma for its main character and one tiny bundle of a bombshell. For the second consecutive season, TV's...

Dexter is back! Everyone's favorite serial killer returned for a third season last night, and it was worth the wait. What do you think of the new season? Who is your favorite character? Do you li...

Is there such a thing as a show-a-holic? A glimpse at the TV guide shows certain names keep cropping up time and time again attached to new shows. Could certain actors be addicted to starring on TV...

Crimefighters are common on television these days. For every CSI & Law & Order, there is a sexy star that steams up the screen. And there are some sizzling detectives from TV's past who also get o...

Happy Birthday to "Star Trek: Enterprise" actress Linda Park (1978), "The Wonder Years" actor Fred Savage (1976), Jack White (1975) of The White Stripes, Anthrax bassist Frank Bello (1965), Hole si...

Who does a hero turn to for support? How does a tough as nails cop lighten up a little? Who do fan fiction writers pair up with their main characters to create some truly disturbing story lines? Th...

Rita Moreno has been named the first Lifetime Achievement prize recipient at the inaugural Latina magazine Fuego Awards. The sassy star leads the honors in the upcoming March issue of the publicati...